There is no cure, its hopeless. The "Dark Side" has claimed just one more slave to add to its ever growing stable. Beware young man.....once you have entered the forbidden "Sacred Circle" your voyage to the "Dark Side" has only begun. There is no return. Normal slope flying will seem mundane, boring. When we were at Blanco this year and the DS didn't work it was because it was blowing over 35 mph and more like 55(south wind). Then the slope rockets came out and we were able to BS instead of DS. We tired of this quickly and yearned for the winds to return back to a reasonable 25 or for the wind to switch to the north side so the south side could be DS'd. It works even in higher velocity wind and is not as violent as the north side. You will blow up planes though. Nathan & Marni Woods wrote: > Dieter, having an idea that seems popular is nothing to shirk away from. > > I like the idea of just talking about the DS life and wallet changing > aspects of soaring. > > Personally, I'm terrible at DS. And as far as my level of addiction, I'm > still a "grasshopper." > > I think some of the more entertaining forms of addiction levels are evident > by commitment, as well as sacrifice. > > For instance: > > Level 1: Experiment with the dark side using any foamy that's available > Level 2: Purpose build a special foamy just for DS'ing. Drive around your > region looking for ridges to DS from. > Level 3: Risk an old cheap plane (like my much abused 60" Fun-1) > Level 4: The cheap old plane is sacrificed..... > Level 5: Buying a new plane for the sole purpose of perfecting the DS turn. > Level 6: Getting the groove! Blowing up the new plane > Level 7: Kit bashing a perfectly solid plane like the Opus or Blade in an > effort to sustain the rigors of DS'ing. > Level 8: Blowing up this highly modified plane in spectacular and rewarding > fashion > Level 9: Designing an entire new airfoil and wing layup for the sole > purpose of DS'ing. Spending $1500 on a TX that you can rest your hands and > forearms on to provide a more stable control platform... > Level 10: Having eye surgery to be able to focus faster and track the > plane. Commit hours of time to certain video games to enhance brain to > thumb processing speed. Personally own a radar gun wired into a computer to > track average and peak velocities in realtime. > Level 11: Move your home to a secret perfect DS ridge. Years go by, only > people who remember you are the CST delivery drivers.... > > Ah, well, something like that. Personally, I'm only at level 3 :-) But my > Renegade is looking for a new thrill...... > > Nathan Woods, > Orange CA > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
